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What is a grandee?

What is a grandee? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal. [from 1590s]
  2. (by extension) A person of high rank.
  3. The title for a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
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However, Caroline Flint, the shadow energy secretary, hit back at the Labour grandee on Thursday.
Resplendent as a political grandee, he was representative of a high point of aristocratic parliamentarianism before later developments undermined it.
With only 30 bedrooms, each stylishly decorated and furnished, this aristocratic hideaway is the perfect retreat for those who hanker after the Spanish grandee lifestyle.
Lansdowne was a Whig grandee and for decades Bowood in Wiltshire and Lansdowne House in London were headquarters of Whiggism.
The grandee expressed passionate opposition to a planned change that it so happened would disadvantage his own political party.
The centenarian accepted with the air of a grandee, and extended his horn snuff-box.

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